ID Please - Friend or Foe?

[ChefFish]

I have this green zoa type thing growing in the middle of a colony of zoas. does anybody know what it is? Kinda looks like a short green paly. If its bad can I just cut it out? and sorry for the ****ty iphone pics.

[gregzz4]

Looks like the palys I fragged out of my watermelons
Mine were getting too big and shading the zoas, so they went on their own rock

[Madmak]

That looks like Aptasia, join the club. It's one of our most common enemies.

It could be a lone Pally but I doubt it.

[paddyob]

It's not aptasia. For one, aptasia is brown. Not green.

Definitely looks like some sort of polyp/paly got in the middle of your frag. Common for frags to touch in the LFS and possible it attached there.

I had some from red coral that had a stray polyp. Too bad it killed the polyps I bought. And spread like dandelions.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Madmak

That looks like Aptasia, join the club. It's one of our most common enemies.

It could be a lone Pally but I doubt it.

Really looks like a paly.

[The Grizz]

There just a common green Paly Chris.

[Madmak]

Originally Posted by paddyob

It's not aptasia. For one, aptasia is brown. Not green.

Google Aptasia images and you'll see many different colors and shapes. Green, pink, and brown seem to be the most common colors. Others are even very patterned. Some have short tentacles while others are quite long.

My bet is that is an Aptasia that is semi-retracted because its surrounded by zoanthids.

Polyp, Pally, or Aptasia, I would zap it ASAP.

[Reef Puffer]

looks like a little majano. i have them in my gsp. glow green under actinic lights. they look cool but sting as far as i can tell. no gsp opens there. and the "majanos" move every once and a while.

[Reef Puffer]

this is mine. like i said, glows SUPER green. but they move and breed! i say majano?

[The Grizz]

Google green palythoa people, thats what they are.